How To Install traceshark on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install traceshark on Kali Linux.

What is traceshark

traceshark is:

The trace can be collected using trace-cmd or perf. It can be used to visualize the following events: cpu_frequency cpu_idle sched_migrate_task sched_process_exit sched_process_fork sched_switch sched_wakeup sched_wakeup_new sched_waking

There are three methods to install traceshark on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install traceshark Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install traceshark using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install traceshark

Install traceshark Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install traceshark using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install traceshark

Install traceshark Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install traceshark using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install traceshark

How To Uninstall traceshark on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the traceshark package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove traceshark

Uninstall traceshark And Its Dependencies

To uninstall traceshark and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove traceshark

Remove traceshark Configurations and Data

To remove traceshark configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge traceshark

Remove traceshark configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove traceshark configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge traceshark

Dependencies

traceshark have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libqcustomplot2.0
• libqt5core5a
• libqt5gui5
• libqt5widgets5
• libstdc++6

References

• traceshark website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install traceshark package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.